As we head towards the beginning of meteorological winter this Saturday (December 1) the days continue to get shorter and keep getting colder. Wednesday was a variably cloudy, colder, blustery, dry day with temperatures maxing out only in the mid 30s in the mid-afternoon then falling into the upper 20s by the late evening. Today’s featured image is a snowy one of part of the landscape from the summit of Salt Pond Mountain including the meteorological instruments taken on Wednesday, elevation 4365′ in VA near Mt Lake Park in the Blacksburg area, photo courtesy of David Carroll. 

The maximum temperature was 35.5° at 1520. 

The minimum temperature was 29.4° at 2322. AM Min 31.4° @ 0745.

Dew point temperatures ranged from a high of 22° @ 0024 down to a low of 18° @ 0606.

Relative humidity values ranged from a low of 51% @ 1150 up to a high of 68% @ 2306.

Barometric pressure ranged from a low of 29.69″ @ 0143 up to a high of 30.20″ @ 2255.

No rain/snow fell on Wednesday. November 2018 rainfall is 7.74″ with the year-to-date precipitation still 58.79″.

You can get my VP2 data on Weatherlink. I have migrated over to Weatherlink 2.0 so I have a new link for my data. You can now access the data through:
https://www.weatherlink.com/map/5aa32916-94c7-4a40-a2d0-0b74abfc8d8f

I am posting daily to weather underground. My ID is KMDROCKV200 and my station is called “Gardens of Traville.” Data is online, normally just about in real-time. The web address for my data on weather underground is: https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KMDROCKV200

I contribute daily to CoCoRaHS as Rockville 2.8 WNW, Station ID MD-MG-115 on https://www.cocorahs.org/

Please remember that Weather Underground precipitation data reflects what is recorded automatically through the tipping bucket VP2 gauge. And the tipping bucket is producing significantly higher values than my 4 inch gauge. I actually use the data I post to CoCoRaHS from my 4 inch CoCoRaHS gauge I read manually as my “official” precipitation total each day.

Thursday should be partly cloudy and a bit milder with winds lessening; highs in the low 40s and lows in the low 30s.

Friday should turn cloudy and milder with highs in the mid 40s and lows in the low 30s with a slight 20 POP for later PM showers.

Saturday will be cloudy and cool with temps holding in the mid 40s and a 80 POP for rain.

Sunday should have AM fog and PM clouds and warmer, with highs in the mid 60s and lows in the mid 40s.

Monday should be cloudy and cooler, with highs in the low 50s and lows in the mid 30s – 20 POP 

Wednesday’s midnight observations included a temperature of 29.4°, relative humidity 68%, barometric pressure 30.02″ and rising, and a dew point of 20.1° with clear skies.

Currently at 0648 the temperature is 29.2°, dew point temperature 21°, relative humidity 72%, and barometric pressure at 30.12″ and rising under fair skies. Temperatures held in the upper 20s overnight under mostly clear skies.

Good morning from the Walrus on this Thursday.